Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: APM oops with Dell 5000e laptop | From | Brad Douglas <> | Date | 18 Nov 2000 02:57:16 +0800 |
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> > I don't believe doing this just to make a Dell detect properly is the right way to go (regardless of my bias). I think the best we can do build a list of the systems that are the same, but it's certainly not a preferred way. > > > > Any suggestions? > > The ideal approach is to ident and version id the compal bios. The DMI tables > can include more useful BIOS info but rarely do (you might want to dump all the > DMI tables in your box and see if you have a BIOS vendor/version)
The BIOS revisions seem to match up, but there are already multiple versions of the BIOS for this machine already, so I initially discounted that method. It also means a bit of upkeep, too. I was really hoping for a "set it and forget it" approach, but that doesn't seem possible.
Brad Douglas brad@neruo.com brad@tuxtops.com
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